Affiliation:
1. National Taiwan University
Abstract
A silicon-cored-fiber (SCF) is used in, what we believe to be, a novel way for coplanar light coupling from an incoming fiber to a silicon waveguide on a chip. Two schemes of utilizing SCFs are investigated, namely a tapered SCF coupler and a D-shaped SCF coupler. A tapered SCF coupler is chosen for further optimization, leading to a coupling efficiency of ∼97% obtained from the results of 3D FDTD simulation.
Funder
National Science and Technology Council
Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
National Taiwan University
NTUS Innovation Cooperation
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
AU Optronics